Cherry pie cookies will give you the delicious taste of cherry pie in a cute, bite sized cookie. They’re incredibly easy to make, too!
Brian is one of those husbands who’ll eat pretty much anything that I cook for him, so when special occasions like his birthday or Valentine’s Day roll around, I like to make him things that he absolutely loves. For dinner, that means peppercorn rubbed steak and mashed potatoes, and for dessert, it’s my double chocolate bundt cake or these cherry pie cookies.
The best part about these cherry pie cookies is that they’re versatile for all types of bakers. You can make them completely from scratch, or you can go semi-homemade, using store bought pie dough and prepared pie filling. Nobody will care how you made them, as long as they can eat them!
If you’d like to make the pastry from scratch, click here for my easy pie crust recipe. My easy recipe for making cherry pie filling is in the recipe below.
Here’s the easy cherry pie cookies recipe.
Easy Cherry Pie Cookies
Ingredients
- 14 ounces pastry dough, (enough for a double-crusted 9-inch pie)
For the filling
- 8 ounces fresh or thawed from frozen cherries, pitted
- 1/2 cup Erythritol, or granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1/4 teaspoon xanthan gum , or 1 teaspoon cornstarch
For garnish
- large crystal sugar , (sometimes called sanding sugar)
Instructions
- Prepare cherry filling
- Place cherries and Erythritol (or sugar) into a medium saucepan over medium high heat.
- In a small prep bowl , whisk together lemon juice and xanthan gum or cornstarch, then add to saucepan and stir to combine.
- Cook until mixture comes to a boil and thickens, stirring occasionally. This should take 3-4 minutes. Transfer filling to a bowl and refrigerate to cool slightly while you prepare pastry dough .
- Heat oven to 425 degrees F.
- Roll pastry dough into two 10-inch circles on a lightly floured work surface and use a 2-inch biscuit or cookie cutter to cut 24 circles out of the pastry dough.
- Place a teaspoon of pie filling into the center of 12 circles. Use the tip of your index finger and tap water to moisten the outer edge of the circle. Place another circle on top of the filling and use your fingers or the tines of a fork to seal edges together. Moisten the top of each cookie with water and sprinkle with sanding sugar. Use the tip of a knife to make a small slit in the top of each cookie so that steam can escape during baking. If you don't do this, your cookies will burst while they're baking.
- Transfer to a baking sheet lined with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper. Bake in oven for 13-15 minutes, or until tops of cookies are golden brown.
- Remove from oven and transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.
Recipe Nutrition
For more easy cookie recipes, be sure to check out these recipes, from some of my blogger friends:
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- Almond Butter Cookies from NinjaBaker.
- Lemon Thyme Shortbread Cookies from Sweet Cinnamon & Honey.
- Classic Shortbread with Fleur de Sel from Karen’s Kitchen Stories.
- Coconut Rum Celebration Cookies from Food Lust People Love.
- Jam Filled Butter Cookies from Magnolia Days.
- Double Chocolate Chip Cookies from Spiceroots.
- Alphabet Letter Cookies from A Baker’s House.
- Chocolate Chunk Shortbread from Baking in Pyjamas.
- Cookie Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies from Noshing With The Nolands.
- Soft Sugar Cookies from DessertStalking Blog.
- Four Ingredient Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies from Rhubarb and Honey.
CakeSpy says
any cookie that makes me coo with its cuteness is a winner in my book. So these are like, gold medal material. 🙂
Chef Becca says
You’re just the sweetest thing since cherry pie cookies, Jess! Thank you!
Laura says
What a yummy little cookie!
Liz says
What a terrific idea!! You’ve combined my favorite desserts—pies and cookies 🙂 These cherry pie cookies look so flaky and scrumptious!!!
Sophie says
I am like the biggest pie fanatic ever. So of course I love pie cookies! I’ve made these with apple, but not cherry. Such a great flavor! YUM.
Miranda says
These look delicious! The crust looks so flaky. What a perfect little pie cookie!
Medha says
These look great! They’re like hand pies and cookies in one 🙂
Chef Becca says
That’s the perfect description for these cherry pie cookies, Medha!
Stacy Uncorked says
Ohhhhh! These look so delectable! I’m definitely going to have to make them – I’ll be scoring some major points if I do! 😉
Chef Becca says
I hope you’ll love the cookies as much as the person you give them to, Stacy 😉
Laura says
My husband would go crazy for these! They sound perfect.
Chef Becca says
If my hubs love for the cookies is any indicator, they’re definitely a winner, Laura!
Shilpi says
Delectable Cookies… Now, I am again hungry…. i have to make them…
The Ninja Baker says
Lucky you, Becca! My husband is super picky…But then again he doesn’t have Chef Becca in the house =) At any rate, your cherry pie cookies do look delicious…P.s. Erythritol is a gift to those of us ordered to keep our carbs in the low glycemic index =) Glad to see it in your recipe as a substitute =)
Chef Becca says
Oh my goodness! You and I are both in love with Erythritol! I started using it last year and haven’t looked back. Hubs doesn’t even notice that I replaced the sugar in the sugar bowl with it!
Ansh says
These would for sure make my day. Flaky crust, cherry filling and cute to boot! LOVE these, Becca.
Chef Becca says
Thanks so much, Ansh!
Karen says
Those are very cute Becca! I’m also with your husband on that favorite dinner!!!
Jett Whitfield says
These look so good! Definitely on my “to-do” list!!
Stacy says
That flaky crust in the photo with the bite out of it, Becca? That’s completely what sold me! I shared them in the Just Dessert Recipes group on Facebook. Because they are fabulous.
Shashi at Runninsrilankan says
Becca-these are just so adorable!
Btw, I will be coming over for Valentine’s day so I can snag a piece of that double chocolate bundt cake! 😉
Janette says
What a great idea. I love how versatile they are and they look so good.
Holly says
Yum! These are so cute and would be great for brightening anyone’s day! I think heart shapes might be sweet for Valentine’s Day too.
Tara says
These look simply amazing and you could bake me happy with a batch of those anyday!!
Chef Becca says
They’re so flippin’ easy to make, I’ll whip you up a batch any time you like, Tara!
Amanda says
These are absolutely adorable!!!
Chef Becca says
Thanks, m’love <3
Laura says
These are so adorable and easy – I’d love to make them for Valentine’s Day.
Chef Becca says
Thank you, Laura!
Melanie | Melanie Makes says
OH. MY. These look absolutely addictive! How lucky for someone to receive these from you!
Chef Becca says
Thanks, Melanie!
Renee says
The cutest little cherry pies!
Chef Becca says
Thanks, Renee!